Shoe.



I. M. KROHN & IVI. 1. SULLWAN.

SHOE.

APPUCATION FILED mAR.2u.19\s.

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its tiene errante IRWIN M. KROHN AND MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN, 0F GIN'CINNATI, 01H10.

SHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application ated March 2s, 1916. serial No. 87,335.

To all whomy 'it 'may eonemu:

lie itv known that we. lnwIN M. KnonN and lrlitnxm. J. SuLmvaN, citizens of the llnited States, and residing at Cincinnati, in the eounty of llaniilton and State ot' ()hio. have invented a new and useful lmprovement in Shoes` of whieh the following;` speeitieation is a full disclosure.

Uur invention relates to a new and improved shoe. having a cover for the outer heel surface nailed to the lasted shoe parts above the uppermost heel surface.

r1`he preferred method of produeing or forming this article is fully diselosed and claimed in our application Serial No. 76.547, filed February1 7, 1916.

One of the 'objects ot' the invention is to provide a shoe having a covered heel, preterably of the lift-type, wherein the upper margin of the heel cover is secured to the lasted heel seat portion of the shoe above the heel. said margin preferably being nailed direetly to the. heel margin of the. upper, the other portion ot the eover being secured upon the outer heel surtaee. The features oi the invention will be more fully set t'orth in eonneetion with the deseription ot the accompanying' drawings forminga part. of this specification, wherein,

Figure 1 is a perspeetive view oil the shoe. showing the heel covered.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing' a heel in section and the outsole and upper in partial section.

Fig. 3 shows a sectional view through a Shoe with a lift-type heel constituting the preferred forni.

Fig. 1L shows the heel cover secured to the lasted heel seat, and folded over the sides of the last. before the outsole is laid.

The heel T may be solid, as indicated in Fig. 2. or sectional or lift-type, as shown in Fig. 3.

rl`he heel eover 1 is adhesively secured to the outer heel sur'faee, the terni outer heel surfaee being used to eontrtl-distinguish from the breast portion ot the heel whieh forms an angle with the outsole on the bottom otl the. shoe.

ln the li:t'ttype oi heel shown in Fig. 3, this eover l eoneeals the: litt-joints indieated by the lines tsl-tw', no heel burnishing .step being); neeessary.

The upper material al. at the heel of the shoe is bent over the heel of the last forming the upper heel margin 3 on the heel portion ot the bottoni of the last? that. is to say, thel surfaee Si is the conventional heel seat. The. outsole. 5 is laid. as usual` and seeured to the, previouslyy lasted upper portions ot thel shoe, the outsole having a heel margin 2 eoverinpr the heel seat and upon whieh the heel is built. The heel rover 1 has a heel seat margin 1G inturned over the heel et' the last and held between the adjacent heel margin surfaces of the upper and outsole, being preferably nailed directly to the heel margin o'l the upper by nails 1T before the outsole is laid and securedl to the lasted upper.

That is to say, the heel rover margin is lasted upon the heel seat ot 'the shoe. so that the heel of the outsole contacts this heel eover margin instead of the heel seat of the upper.r or this` margin ot the heel Cover may be regarded as the ultimate heel seat. since it is seeuret'l to the upper. and smooth and tlat., and forms the direct seat for the heel portion ot' the outsole.

Preferably, alsoI` the heel end ot the outsole is 'forwardly sltived to torni the tlap t3 tor eoverinel the breast oi the heel, the forward 'tree edges ot the heel rover i being` preferably adhesively seeured direetly upon the heel breast and eovered by the outsole breast lap t3. The unattiaehed portion of the heel rover is adhesively secured upon the outer heel surfaee e.\tendin;t eoiit.i iioiisly with the heel portion ot' the upper -l. the heel seat edge ot' the outsole extending flush with the outer heel suritaee. and being ooneealed under said heel cover. this eoneimled joint 'formed between the. uppermost heel surface and the heel margin otl the being indieated by dotted lines 5 in Fig'. l.

The heel seat margin 1b of the eover is preferably nailed directly to the. heel margin it ot the upper before the outsole is laid, providing' a rood heel seat, tor the heel ot` the outsole, thus enabling: a litt type heel to be built on the heel oi the outsole. the outsole heel being' really the top li'i't o'll the. heel st'rueture. This litt-type heel is shown in Fig. l. wherein the tirstheel ser-tion .l (made. ot lifts) is laid on the outsole heel seat and seeured by nails l1.. the bottoni seetion 1t).l beingl seeured thereon by nails l2. The bottom heel lit't 13 is secured by nails ll. the eo\'erin;r preferably terminat ing at the bottom litt-joint'.

A shoe so constructed is strone', durable and Comfortable and more ornamental. the heel-lift joints and the heel seat edge of the outsole ggg outsole being concealed under `the cover selerted to harmonize with the entire ornamental plan ot' the shoe. Also, one portion of the cover being secured to the outer heel surface, and the other portion being nailed directly to the heel margin of the. upper` forms a tie structurally uniting the heel directly to the heel seat. portion of the upper` the heel, ot' course. being' additionally secured by nails to the heel of the outsole.

Having;r described our invention, we Claim:

1. In a shoe, an upper and heel in uombinat/ion with a heel Covering marginally secured to the heel seat margin of the upper by a row otl tacks, havingl their heads disposed between the heel covering margin and heel.

2. In a shoe, an upper and heel in combinationwith a heel covering, adapted to inelose the outer surface ot' the heel and having a marginal lap extending between the joint of upper and heel and Secured to the heel seat nnlrgin ot' the upper, and fasteningl` means connecting' said covering lap and heel Seat margin of the upper, distinctive ol the means for securing said upper and heel.

4In witness whereof4` we hereunto Subscribeour name-s as attested by the two sul'iscribing witnesses.

IRWIN M. KROHN, MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN.

Witnesses L. A. BECK, EMMA SPENER. 

